FIRST ROUND
Devils 4 Capitals 1
Hurricanes 4 Rangers 2
Panthers 4 Bruins 3
Sabres 2 Maple Leafs 4
Avalanche 4 Kings 1
Wild 4 Stars 3
Golden Knights 4 Predators 2
Oilers 4 Kraken 3 (Game 7 OT)

SECOND ROUND
Devils 4 Hurricanes 2
Panthers 4 Maple Leafs 3
Wild 4 Avalanche 2
Golden Knights 3 Oilers 4

THIRD ROUND
Devils 4 Panthers 2
Oilers 4 Wild 1

FINALS
Devils 4 Oilers 2

Lottery top 10
1. Columbus
2. San Jose
3. Anaheim
4. Philadelphia
5. Chicago
6. Montreal
7. Arizona
8. St. Louis
9. Vancouver
10. Pittsburgh

The Hurricanes would still beat the Devils in a series... Better goaltending, depth, and defense than the Devils plus a line that has shown to shut Hughes down

Canes over Devils, better depth, better defense, better goaltending, better coaching

You are way too high on WSH

FLA wont be first not with all those injuries they have along with Bob probs gonna revert to being bad lul

They may reach a WC but I feel they missing. Cinderella dont strike twice

I swear everybody gets wowed by high-end talent but then neglects to look at the back end... The Staal line will end up shut down Hughes like last season

my personal opinion:
Forwards: slight edge NJ
Defense: Heavily favors CAR
Goalies: CAR *IF* at full health. And I mean full health, no nagging injuries.
Coaching: CAR by a mile
but i dunno, i like the Devils this year. Just my opinion, I don't expect to be right at all lmao

i'm a Caps fan homie, had to sneak them in there

I like the Devil's top six but that back end and bottom six leaves a lot to be desired.

more wowed by how well their depth played in the back half and playoffs honestly. and i say that because i didn't expect much from them lol

Thats more than sneaking them in lol

Florida and Detroit are overrated

*obviously baring significant injuries*

Pittsburgh will not be lottery top 10
Capitals will not make the playoffs.
Predators might but think it depends what the Jets and Flames do as far as selling or not.
Columbus i think will be much improved from last year, definitely not a top three pick and not sure they'll even be top 10.
Ligning in over the Panthers, i think Ekblad and Montour set to miss long stretches are going to be a tough hit for florida, not to mention regressing a bit from playoff streak.

The East WC teams will come down to Buffalo, Florida, Pittsburgh and Isles again.

No chance wild make the WCF

I’ll take it

I don't see FLA getting that far. Wild didn't do enough to improve to make the conference finals.

Toronto beating out east if their road is Buffalo, Florida (barring Bob going back to that 1-3 round magic sauce that he had), Carolina/NJD

Their depth was good but it isn't on the same level as the Hurricanes

Sabres at 2nd in their division after adding some 3rd pair d-men and no goalies is certainly...a take.

Bit harsh on the isles too, have to think theres enough there to be a WC team.

Honestly I think Detroit is going to be really good

No they won’t